Automatically-releasing wing-tip flare bracket



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HERBERT 0. RUSSELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, .AND CHARLES LEIGH PAULUS, O'F

' DAYTON, OHIO.

AUTOMATICALLY-RELEASING WING-TIP FLARE BRACKET.

Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 555,402.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT O. RUSSELL and CHARLES LEIGH PAULUs,citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Detroit andDayton, in the counties of Wayne and Montgomery and States of Michiganand Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomatically-Releasing Wing-Tip Flare Brackets, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a flare bracket assembly intended to replaceand improve upon the Holt wing tip flare bracket.

The object of the invention is to provide means for releasing andpositively ejecting the flare automatically in case of abad landing orcrash at night when the flare is lighted.

A further object in view is to provide means for locking the movableparts of the device in their operative posit-ions, holding them in suchposition until the flare is ejected by contact of the trip arm with theground, after which the device .is adapted 5 to swing upwardly so as notto be injured with further cont-act with the ground.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement herein fully described,illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the flare bracket assembly.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section. i

The flare bracket assembly comprises an attaching bracket proper 1having connected thereto by a pivot 2, anormal vertical depending larecarrying arm 3. The arm 3 has fixedly attached to the lower end thereofa flare candle housing 4 attached to receive one end of a flare candle5, the latter being held in place by a. clamping band 6 having endportions 7, which receive a clamping bolt 8 having a winged adjustingnut 9 on one end thereof, and trip lever 10 with a clamping face 11engaging another clamping face 12 on one of the clamping band ends 7.The trip arm 10 extends below the lower end of the candle 5 so as tostrike the ground, thus releasing the candle 5 which is thrown away fromthe machine by action of the spring 15. The usual terminals 17 and 18are provided on arm 3 for frictionally holding the wires with which suchflare candles are provided for purposes of their ignition. A thrustmember, or rod, 13 extends from the housing 4 upwardly to the bracket 1to which .it is connected by a pivot 14. The pivots 2 and 14 are off setfrom each other as shown in Figure 1 to enable the thrust member 13 tofunction. A compression spring 15 is contained in the ho-using 4 andwhen the candle 5 is in place, said spring 15 is compressed between theend of the candle and a slidable locking member 16 of tubular formationwhich surrounds the adjacent end of the thrust member 13, and is fixedthereto so as to slide inc-the opening in the top of housing 4 as thearms 3 and 13 move rearwardly. While the candle 5y is being carried bythe flare bracket the spring 15 is compressed and therefore the wholeassembly is held in the vertical operative position shown in thedrawings. As soon, however, as the candle 5 is ejected, the spring 15being allowed to expand, relieves the pressure on the sliding member 16and this relieves the end pressure on the thrust member 13. This leavesthe whole assembly free to spring upwardly incase it strikes the ground,thereby preventing injury to the mechanism. In other words the flarebracket assembly is permitted to yield upwardly freely only after theflare has been ejected.

lVhat we claim is:

1. A wing tip flare bracket comprising an attaching bracket proper, aflare carrying arm pivotally att-ached to said bracket, a flare candlehousing at the free end of said arm, candle clamping means o-n saidhousing, a trip arm to release said clamping means, a thrust memberextending from said housing and pivotally attached to said bracket, acandle eject-ing spring in said housing, said spring, flare carrying armand thrust member acting when the spring is compressed to maintain thewhole in operative position.

2. A wing tip flare bracket comprising an attaching bracket proper, aflare carrying arm pivotally attached to said bracket, a flare candlehousing rigidA with the free end of said arm, candle clamping means onsaid housing, a trip arm to release said clamping means, a thrust membermovably engaging said housing and pivot-ally attached to said bracket, acandle ej'ectin-g spring.' in said 5 housing, said Spring, Hare carryingarm and thrust member acting when the spring is; compressed to maintainthe Whole in oper- Lsofii ative position and permitting the Whole toswing upwardly freely when said spring is relieved of compression.

In testimonywhereof' we aix our" signatures.

HERBERT O. RUSSELL.

PARES.;

